What about cheating and just using an LED and an optical fibre?
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| Author: | Frogmortonjustice65 [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Painting the Arkenstone |
Hello all, I recently bought the Bilbo Baggins - Master Burglar figure and was thinking of sculpting an Arkenstone to put on the base of the model. The GW Smaug includes an Arkenstone, and I'm at a loss as to how to recreate that other-worldly, white glowing color. You can see pictures of this on GW's website. I've painted gems/jewels before, but I can't find a guide or instructions as to how to paint a white gemstone like the Arkenstone. Does anybody have any idea as to how to best execute this idea? |
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| Author: | J.R. [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting the Arkenstone |
Well for the colours you can just use pictures from the movie. But what makes it recognizable is the glow. I would think that it is not much different from painting the glow from fire or a torch. So for you could look into these. There are many examples and tuturials on the internet for painting with a lightsource. To use the correct effect, observe what the light does to normal colours and its surrounding. I think it could help to paint Bilbo in very dark colours to make the stone and its glow(effect) stand out. |
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| Author: | jdizzy001 [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting the Arkenstone |
Yep, time to bust out those OSL skills. Good luck! |
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| Author: | Dorthonion [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting the Arkenstone |
What about cheating and just using an LED and an optical fibre?
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| Author: | Gene Parmesan [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Painting the Arkenstone |
Dont' think GW did a great job anyway. These articles should help, although I'd also recommend you take a look at amy's chaos soldiers(?) in the wh40k thread. the guns on them have a great glow. http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.ie/2010/0 ... tning.html http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.ie/2011/1 ... olors.html |
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